Word: aparicio
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...John Roseboro allowed only two White Sox to steal second in the entire Series. The Dodgers' slick infield, built around the double-play combination of Shortstop Maury Wills and Second Baseman Charley Neal, both lean and limber as greyhounds, outmatched Chicago's famed duo of Shortstop Luis Aparicio and Second Baseman Nellie Fox (7 double plays...
...Angeles, a record World Series crowd of 92,294 began filling the parking lots that sprawl outside the Coliseum as early as 1 a.m. Dodger Pitcher Don Drysdale had control trouble, but Catcher Roseboro saved him by gunning out three of the touted Chicago speed boys (Rivera, Aparicio, Fox) on attempted steals of second. With the bases loaded in the seventh, gimpy Carl Furillo, 37, came off the Dodger bench to hit a bouncing ball past the frantic glove of Shortstop Aparicio, and drive in two runs. The Sox threatened in the eighth, but confident Reliefer Larry Sherry...
What holds this odd and elderly crew together is the majors' firmest backbone up the middle: Veteran Catcher Sherm Lollar, 35, who can steady a shaky pitcher with a word; slick Shortstop Luis Aparicio, 25, and quick-handed Second Baseman Nellie Fox, 31, the best double-play combination in baseball; and Centerfielder Jim Landis, 25, one of the fastest fly chasers in the business. Under Manager Al Lopez' fatherly hand, the hitless-wonder White Sox, young and old alike, scamper the bases with glee, turn so cool in the clutch that they have...
...Luis Aparicio of the Chicago White Sox has become the finest shortstop in the majors, an agile acrobat with a rifle arm, who can make gaudy plays on balls hit from within 20 ft. of third base clear over to second. The son of a Venezuelan shortstop, Aparicio made the White Sox in 1956, and with tobacco-chawing little Second Baseman Nellie Fox now forms the nucleus of the White Sox defense. At bat, Aparicio is hitting only .260, but his speed makes him the most dangerous man in the league, once he gets on base. He leads the majors...
...Chicago White Sox with pitching and not too much else. With Billy Pierce, Early Wynn and Dick Donovan, the Chisox have a strong big three, but their only real batting strength comes from catcher Sherm Lollar and Jim Landis. Nellie Fox is always a dependable singles hitter, and Luis Aparicio is one of the classic players in the good-field no-hit school, combining with Fox for an excellent double-play pair...